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Coming to Zihua this Friday, any idea on cab fare from airport to town?
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by ZihuaRob 
, Zihuatanejo, México, Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 17:41 (834 days ago) @ Tom Goetz
Coming to Zihua this Friday, any idea on cab fare from airport to town?
Here are the fares charged by the airport's official taxi service, Transporte Terrestre.
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Thanks Rob, we're coming for five weeks from BC Canada, can't wait for the sunshine and all you friendly people and great local restaurants!!!!!
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by Casa Juan , Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 20:26 (833 days ago) @ Tom Goetz
In airport taxis at 680 pesos for Zihua and surrounding colonias, if traveling light, its easy to walk the short distance across the airport parking lot where you will find either combis who will take you to El Centro for $20 pesos or regular cabs that will probably take 1 person to a Zihua destination for $250 to $325 pesos. Enough of a difference to buy a nice evening meal in Zihua.
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by wisconsinjuan , Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 20:54 (833 days ago) @ Casa Juan
In airport taxis at 680 pesos for Zihua and surrounding colonias, if traveling light, its easy to walk the short distance across the airport parking lot where you will find either combis who will take you to El Centro for $20 pesos or regular cabs that will probably take 1 person to a Zihua destination for $250 to $325 pesos. Enough of a difference to buy a nice evening meal in Zihua.
You make this same suggestion every time this same question is asked over and over again.It's not worth it. It is illegal for them to wait for fares there. I'm sure he's coming here for 5 weeks with just a backpack. Quit being so cheap.
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by Padrino , Rosarito/Zihuatanejo, Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 00:05 (833 days ago) @ wisconsinjuan
In airport taxis at 680 pesos for Zihua and surrounding colonias, if traveling light, its easy to walk the short distance across the airport parking lot where you will find either combis who will take you to El Centro for $20 pesos or regular cabs that will probably take 1 person to a Zihua destination for $250 to $325 pesos. Enough of a difference to buy a nice evening meal in Zihua.
You make this same suggestion every time this same question is asked over and over again. It's not worth it. It is illegal for them to wait for fares there. I'm sure he's coming here for 5 weeks with just a backpack. Quit being so cheap.
Me encantan los combis! You get to live the culture of Zihua.
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by jay , Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 09:55 (833 days ago) @ wisconsinjuan
I'm sure he's coming here for 5 weeks with just a backpack. Quit being so cheap.
Oh c'mon. Why all the hate? For one thing it's only a couple hundred yards walk - shorter than most airport terminals - and it's more than a few pesos. More like 400 pesos. Nobody's forcing him to do it. It's just providing him with another option. If he wants to be cheap so be it. He has that right.
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by Timmac , Steilacoom, WA, Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 13:17 (833 days ago) @ jay
Since the fare we paid to La Ropa was 580, I doubt the fare from outside the airport is 180 pesos as you post suggests.
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by islandgirl , Cowichan Valley, Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 23:18 (832 days ago) @ jay
Perhaps it's another adventure, another experience in a foreign land. And maybe the saved pesos will be spent on dinners and drinks and souvenirs.
Let's try seeing the full spectrum of possibilities. Seems like the whole world is grouchy right now. We don't have to be. 
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by Grumpy in Lake Cowichan , Vancouver Island B.C Canada, Thursday, February 01, 2024, 12:08 (832 days ago) @ islandgirl
Absolutely!
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by Casa Juan , Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 12:49 (833 days ago) @ wisconsinjuan
Took a Transporte Terrestre cab on Jan 19th at the airport parking lot corner described to near Agua Correa for $250 pesos. The driver approached me.
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by Little Guy , Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 13:07 (833 days ago) @ wisconsinjuan
You make this same suggestion every time this same question is asked over and over again.It's not worth it. It is illegal for them to wait for fares there.
I spoke with a Troncones taxi driver a few weeks ago who had taken a fare to the airport. They told me that after they left the airport grounds they were flagged down by people with suitcases and surfboards. He picked up the fare. Quickly he was pulled over (he didn’t say by whom). The driver was told he was not authorized to pick up arriving passengers. The passengers were required to leave the taxi and he was required to drive away. He didn’t know how they got a ride. Maybe TT sent a vehicle.
That driver won’t try to pick up near the airport again.
Given the plethora of taxis, the costs of vehicles, the price of gasoline, etc. it must be difficult for a driver to earn a living. I understand them being rigorous about protecting their turf.
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by Quadra Paul , British Columbia, Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 15:03 (833 days ago) @ Little Guy
These guys are the Airport Mafia! They charge over double the cost coming the other way! They also limit the number of cabs. the last time I was there I waited almost an hour for a taxi. I doubt if they're hurting as much as the drivers in town!
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 18:08 (833 days ago) @ Quadra Paul
These guys are the Airport Mafia! They charge over double the cost coming the other way! They also limit the number of cabs. the last time I was there I waited almost an hour for a taxi. I doubt if they're hurting as much as the drivers in town!
They aren't a mafia by any stretch of the imagination, and it pains me to see you refer to them as such. They are folks with families just trying to put food on the table, and they're the most professional, least problematic of our transportation services, being federally licensed drivers employed by the airport to provide a safe service. Their rates are higher because (a) they mostly only drive passengers one way, i.e. from the airport to their lodging, and (b) they don't have anywhere near the amount of potential clients that local taxi drivers have: their only customers are airport arrivals, for the most part.
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by Little Guy , Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 19:32 (832 days ago) @ Quadra Paul
I don’t know the legalities of TT’s rights and obligations. My understanding is that any business that operates at the airport pays a substantial fee for the privilege. I know that is the case for the car rental companies.
In addition, a city taxi driver can pick up fares anywhere. A TT driver has to sit and wait for a plane to arrive and hope there is enough business from it that he gets a fare.
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My apologies if I started a debate on this, it was a simple question to get and idea on taxi fares so we know what to expect. We were in Zihua 2 years ago and taxi fares varied substantially day to day for the same distances.
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by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Thursday, February 01, 2024, 11:26 (832 days ago) @ Tom Goetz
My apologies if I started a debate on this, it was a simple question to get and idea on taxi fares so we know what to expect. We were in Zihua 2 years ago and taxi fares varied substantially day to day for the same distances.
The rates only vary (a) when you don't know the rates, and (b) when unscrupulous taxi drivers try to take advantage of you. That's what my Taxi Fares section is for.
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Also…. On the cheap comment, we could have flown to Cancun for 1/2 the price of the airfare from Vancouver Canada to Zihua but we chose to come there. Our accommodations are mostly covered as it is a time share , however, we have no cooking facilities so in the 5 weeks there we will be contributing well over 100.000 pesos to your local restaurants liquor stores, taxis and any excursions we may book. As I mentioned earlier, as well as the friendly people in Zihua.
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Don't let the debate your post turned into concern you. It is a pretty common occurrence.
Rob has all taxi rates listed for you in the BIG white Z. Click on it up at the top left of the page. You will find a wealth of information.
Enjoy your fabulous vacation. I too will be down in 9 days from the PNW. Twenty years and counting. 
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Thanks for that Sun Seeker, we are really looking forward to Zihua!!!
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I have no doubt that you will have a wonderful time. 
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by wisconsinjuan , Thursday, February 01, 2024, 11:07 (832 days ago) @ Tom Goetz
I don't believe any"cheap" comments were directed at you. Have fun here.
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by Little Guy , Thursday, February 01, 2024, 11:35 (832 days ago) @ Tom Goetz
Also…. On the cheap comment, we could have flown to Cancun for 1/2 the price of the airfare from Vancouver Canada to Zihua but we chose to come here.
I share your pain. I look at the YVR->CUN airfares and the YVR->PVR airfares. Then I feel a bit ill as I book my flights to ZIH.
A friend comes each year and gets what is now a great price. He gets the first Air Canada flight of the season (around November 1) with a return to YVR 4-6 weeks later for under C$1,000. I have paid that for a one-way fare.
As an aside, that friend bought points at an all-inclusive in Cancun. The first time he came to Troncones, maybe 2011 or 2012, he did not like it at all. He returned to Troncones in 2022 and loved it. He was back in 2023 and is ready to book his flights for 2024.
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by frostbite , Hamilton MT, Thursday, February 01, 2024, 13:00 (832 days ago) @ Little Guy
Airlines play strange games. One day, when I was still living in Alaska, I need to make 2 reservations: 1 Anchorage to Missoula MT and 1 Anchorage to Zihua. While Zihua is twice as far from Anchorage as Missoula, ANC to ZIH was only $50.00 more than ANC to MSO. Bend over and spread 'em!
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by Grumpy in Lake Cowichan , Vancouver Island B.C Canada, Thursday, February 01, 2024, 12:18 (832 days ago) @ Tom Goetz
We stayed at the Worldmark for a week last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. The staff there will treat you fantastic and you will have a great time there if you haven’t stayed there before. You can walk or take a combo to town as they stop right at Worldmark. The combis are all different but you will see the correct one (stripe colour) to take and the staff can also help. Lots of good information on this board but as with anything anywhere negative is sometimes louder then positive. Enjoy your time here!!
